We ask that Kirklees :
1. Make an audit of our remaining landscape and street trees
2. Strive to conserve as many of these as possible
3. Keep account of tree felling they sanction
4. Launch a campaign to inform Kirklees residents of the value of all trees (even young ones) in terms of landscape, wildlife habitat and carbon capture.
5. Require planning permission to fell or prune any tree of 10 years or over and take a conservative approach to granting planning permission.
6. Manage our existing woodlands to encourage understorey development and natural regeneration
7. Deter people from harming trees with Tree Protection Orders by acting promptly to reports of imminent felling and enforcing stricter penalties.
8. Take positive steps to raise awareness within our communities of the value of all our trees.
9. Stipulates that a minimum stand-off distance for all new development in the vicinity of existing woodland is created - 20 m or more from the end of the gardens - and does more to prevent tipping of garden waste and encroachment by householders.
10. Take positive steps to protect threatened species and raise awareness within our communities of the value of all our trees (even young ones) in terms of landscape, amenity, wildlife habitat and carbon capture.

Proposers:
Cllr Clare Walters, PhD Woodland ecology
Save Kirklees Trees

Supported by:
Dr Richard Stow, Environmental Scientist and Engineer
Huddersfield Friends of the Earth
Huddersfield branch of Greenpeace
Prof Alan Simson - Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Forestry
Leeds Beckett University